TV Show Details
Air Date:February 18th, 1972
Last Air Date:April 14th, 1972
Network:BBC Two
Status:Ended
Genres:Comedy
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Pidax Film- und Hörspielverlag GmbH, BBC, Bavaria Film
Clochemerle (1972)
BBC Two
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Plot
Clochemerle is a 1972 British–West German television comedy based on Gabriel Chevallier's 1934 novel of the same name, with Ray Galton and Alan Simpson adapting the text. Filmed on location in France, it starred Roy Dotrice, Wendy Hiller, Cyril Cusack, Kenneth Griffith, and Cyd Hayman, with narration by Peter Ustinov.
In the small French village of Clochemerle, Mayor Barthelemey Piechut plans for the erection of a 'pissoir' (gentlemen's public convenience) in the town square. Unfortunately, the rest of the rural inhabitants aren't as impressed.
